08 Juni 2017

KM Arau 8704 (photos : NST, APMM)KOTA KINABALU: A former Japan Coast Guard (JCG) patrol ship has arrived at the Sepanggar naval base here today, set to become part of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA)'s security assets in Sabah.The 28-year-old ship, Ori, renamed to KM Arau, is equipped with a helipad, radar, and communication systems, among other security devices.In welcoming its arrival, Labuan and Sabah MMEA director First Admiral Mohd Zubil Mat Som said the ship would be used for enforcement and search and rescue operation."This is another gift from Japan, making it the largest MMEA vessel in Sabah and the second in the country after KM Pekan."I am happy to note that since the establishment of MMEA, our cooperation with the JCG remain strong and they have been supporting us in matters related to maritime security," he told reporters after touring the ship.

The ship, with 25 MMEA crew led by Captain Saiful Lizan Ibrahim and 13 Japanese crew, began sailing from Inoshima, Japan on May 31.The ship passed through Okinawa, Taiwan, Hong Kong and the Philippines before arriving at the Sepanggar naval base about 9.30am today.Prior to this, MMEA officers and personnel had underwent a two-week familiarisation training in Japan.Mohd Zubil said the 993 tonnes and 87-metre long KM Arau would dock at the navy base for two days before leaving for Port Klang on Friday for the official launching ceremony.He added that Raja of Perlis, Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Putra Jamalullail is expected to launch the ship, which is named after the capital of Perlis.(NST)

did a guy accidentally shoot this guy head or something. a few post ago, this guy's comments are quite spot on about defense and informative. now, I don't even understand what his trying to tell us anymore except super pro israel bias.

Your point are incorrect. Singapore never experience such a way. Since they split from Malaysia, they have appointed military advisor from Israel to advise their vision and mission to suit their geography and resources. They also inherited many advanced weapons from British after they left.

@shed...the rakyat dont know everything...wat plays the important part is putrajaya...from day one of kemerdekaan have to drum the rakyat about how imporyant defence is...in malasia defence take a back seat unlike singapore..they educate the rakyat how important defence is even if their spending is 6% of the country gdp nobody gives a hoot.Its putrajaya who have to beat the war drum now n then to make sure how important defence is in n it goes hand in hand to have a sound economy...

@ah chan..the way both countries work ar different...during the 1967 israel advisor ar called upon to train the NS boys..israel n singapore share same problem...that is they ar surrounded by muslim countries...so singapore is a mirror image of israel believe it or not...SAR-21 is reverse engineer from tavor n stgyer n many more...their flopped SAR80 n SAR88 is clone from stoner famous black rifle...so wat is next....

yeah, the chinese dominate the economy of more than half the countries of asia. I don't see why you need to emphasise the malaysia part just to prove your point for being pro israel. israel military technology is being too overestimated. french and other western nations have technology as good as the israeli. even south korea and japan military technology are not far behind or maybe even comparable with israeli technology. next, singapore just like israel have spent a much higher percentage of their gdp on defense. indonesia only spent around 1%, malaysia spent not even 2% of their gdp while singapore spent more than 3% of their gdp on defense(singapore gdp is comparable with malaysia).

So @luqman n peneroka u wants it to be like that but not the late tungku...he wanted malay to control the ekonomi so thus mahathir he wanted to create at least 50% midle class rumpun melayu n more malay millionare read your sejarah properly before put nonsence comment...ur own country tak tahu sejarah sendiri im not your country men....that is why they created MARA so anak melayu miskin dpt belajar setinggi mungkin....tpi asal nya memang kacang lupa kulit

Lately i noticed quite few saying they are above anyone else. Just because they purchased tanks, subs, fighters and so on. Leaders and generals are really fine with neighbours eventho the relationship sometimes hitting high and low due to misunderstanding etc. As we speak, our neighbour in midst of sweeping off terrorist Maute funded by Daesh and all three neighbours agreed to for joint patrol in order to prevent they slip away into other areas.

Just because your country enjoying accending phase in economy and lead to purchase of new military hardwares, it doesnt mean you are superior than others. Intimidated huh?

Let put it this way, other than Vietnam, who else have experienced going to full scale of war? It took years and thousand of death. No one this to happens.

@chan why the hot ass....these ar bloggers we ar not in parlimen so leave it to that....enjoy everybodys comment n suggestion....to drum ur own idealogy to all of us sounds like communism dont u think so....

@sandstorm7 your point are very legit bro and I agree with you. I just want to say that malaysia is not the only that the economy is dominate by chinese. well I might be a little since I'm not a pure malay but a mix of malay and indian. for me, I just don't see what's so wrong with our economy being dominate by non-malay. malaysia is a multiracial country and although malay are given special treatment, we have to remember that chinese and indian are also malaysian. we have to remember that the development of malaysia till now are thanks to those non-malay specifically the chinese dominance in economy. it's not that I don't remember the history of my counytry and contributions of tengku for the malay but we have to acknowledge that since the formation of malaysia that malaysia is no longer for malay only but for all malaysian no matter the race. it's not actually true that the chinese have completely dominate malaysia economy. some malays have already challenge and surpass the chinese dominance. look at syeikh bukhari for example and many more are following suit. we didn't surpass the chinese yet but we are getting closer. sorry if I offended you before and I hope this will allow us to discuss like mature people.

So what your point now sandstorm? Are you telling me what our previous PM has done wrong and what your country practised all correct? Come on, every country is unique and we do not have to follow your steps.

We are multiracial country and we love the way we are. No matter who controlled our economy, as long as we stay as Malaysian we are happy together. Problem and misunderstanding always there. Even we siblings have arguements sometimes, what do you expect when we have Malay, Chinese, Indian etc?

Plus we dont need your advise to run our country. If we weak, we weak together and vice versa.

Say whatever you want, you are not perfect either. I can argue with u all day long and share with you your weaknesses as well. But why should i do that? Since you are not the best for us to follow

@peneroka n ah chan let leave it like that.....anyway MARA n FELDA i see majoroti malays than any other races....so as peneroka was saying...in malasia the majority ar the poor pple that was during tengus time....lets leave it to that...now our indonesia frens now know abit about MARA FELDA malay special previleges for.....